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Former MDA Summer Campers get together after 14 years to reunite and continue their lasting connections.

ReelAbilities Film Festival co-founder Isaac Zablocki talks about disability representation in the entertainment industry.

Read about the many ways MDA engages with and supports families in the neuromuscular disease community.

Thousands of potentially beneficial therapies for neuromuscular diseases are being researched and tested in the drug development pipeline.

Melissa Grove discovers the silver lining of her limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is making friends with others with the same diagnosis.

An expert Q&A with Katherine Mathews, MD, on limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2I/R9 (also called LGMD2I or LGMDR9).

Neuroscientist Stephen Moore, PhD, shares his experience researching neuromuscular diseases and being diagnosed with dermatomyositis.

Almost every ordinary activity — eating a meal, taking a bath or shower, using the toilet, using a computer, driving a car — can be affected by weakening muscles caused…

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) usually affects the feet, impacting mobility. Experts weigh in on when to consider foot surgery and bracing.

Doug Clough is 61 years old (OMG) and lives in Gilbert, AZ. Doug has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease) and a spinal cord injury (SCI). He uses a…